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LEEA. Syns. Agquilicia, Ottilis. To the species 
described on p. 247, Vol. II., the following should be 
added : 
L. amabilis splendens (splendid).* A lovely variety, having 
the stems, petioles, midrib, and under-surface of the leaves 
coloured red. Borneo, 1884. (I. H. 518.) 
L. Rohersiana (Reehrs’), A synonym of L. 
Rehrsiana. 
L. sambucina (Sambucus-like). . greenish-white. (/r. dry, 
the size of a small Cherry. 7. pinnate or tripinnate, often 
Sift. by 4ft.; leaflets stalked, very variable in size and shape, 
acute or acuminate, serrated. Tropics of the Old World. 
L. s. Reehrsiana (Reehrs’). /. pinnate, 16in. long, glaucescent, 
cordate-oblong, acuminate, deeply toothed, bronze-green when 
young. Colombia, 1897. Plant variable, resembling a Cissus. 
Syn. L. Rohersiana (G. C. 1898, i., p. 242, f. 92). 
LEECHEE. See Litchi. 
LEEK. For all soils and positions the Musselburgh 
and the London Flag are the most reliable sorts, being 
perfectly hardy and standing well throngh the winter in 
the most exposed situations. Each has a long, thick 
stem, and is largely cultivated. Dobbie’s Champion Prize, 
Monstrons Carentan, The Lyon, Henry’s Prize, and 
Ayton Castle Giant, are all of immense size and most 
suitable for exhibition. Most of these varieties haye been 
grown and exhibited with the blanched portion over 20in. 
in length and 4in. in diameter, the whole plant weighing 
over 4lb. All the varieties are suitable for cultivating 
in either the North or the South. 
LEGOUZIA. A synonym of Specularia (which see). 
sambucina 
LEICHARDTIA (of Brown). A synonym of 
Marsdenia (which see). 
LEIOCARYA. <A synonym of Trichodesma 
(which see). 
LEIOCHILUS. Syn. Cryptosanus. The correct 
spelling is Leochilus, the name Leiochilus being applied 
to a genus of Rubiacee not in cultivation. 
LEIPHAIMOS. A synonym of Voyria (which see). 
LEJICA. A synonym of Zinnia (which see). 
LEMA TRILINEATA. See Potato — Insect 
Pests. 
LENIDIA. A synonym of Wormia (which see). 
LENNEA (commemorative of M. Lenné, a foreign 
landscape gardener). Orv. Leguminose. A small genus 
(two species) of greenhouse trees or shrubs, one Mexican, 
and the other a native of Central America; they are closely 
allied to Wistaria. Flowers pink or greenish, in axillary 
racemes or fascicled at the axils. Leaves impari-pinnate. 
L. robinoides (P. F. G. iii., p. 27, f. 246) has been introduced, 
but is probably not now grown. 
LENT LILY. A popular name for Narcissus, Psendo 
Narcissus. Also called English Lent Lily. 
LENTEN ROSES. Sce Helleborus. 
LENTICULA PALUSTRIS. A garden name for 
Pistia Stratiotes (which see). 
LEOCHILUS is the correct spelling of Leiochilus. 
LEONTICE. Some of these tuberons rooted plants, 
though regarded as hardy, are best grown under a hand- 
light or in a greenhouse, as they produce their flowers very 
early in the year. The tubers should not be covered in 
planting. 
To the information given on p. 249, Vol. IL., the following 
should be added : 
L. Alberti (Albert Regel’s). (. ochreous, streaked reddish- 
brown at back, nearly lin. across; raceme conical. April. 
!., fully-formed ones on petioles 4in. to Sin. long, sub-digitately 
five-partite, the leaflets rather fleshy, elliptic, obtuse ; stipules 
Zin. long. Stems several, very stout, each giving off two 
radical, undeveloped leaves (which fully develop long after the 
flowering period), and a stout flower-stem 6in. to 8in. high. 
| Sar ce 1886. Half-hardy. (B. M. 6900; R. G. 
L. altaica is now regarded as synonymous with Bonyardia 
Rauwolfii. 
L. darwasica (Darvas). jl. golden-yellow, large, racemose ; 
bracts slightly coloured on the margins. February. /., cauline 
ones trifoliolate, with a winged or auricled base; radical ones 
having roundish-ovate leaflets, glaucous, and sometimes reddish 
on the ArrIne 5 floral ones in two series, six in each. Bokhara 
(at 5000- t.), 1888. Hardy. 
Leontice—continued. 
L. Leontopetalum (Leontopetalum). fl. in a terminal, com- 
pound raceme; petals one-third the length of the orbicular 
sepals. Spring. fr., capsule lin. to lsin. long. J. biternately 
cleft; segments ovate or obovate, rarely sub-cordate, lin. to 
l14in. long, the terminal one sometimes twice- or thrice-parted 
h. lft. to lft. Greece, &c. Hardy. L. vesicaria is a form of 
this species. 
L, odessana (Odessa). A synonym of Bongardia Rawwolfii. 
L. thalictroides (Thalictrmm-like). A synonym of Caulo- 
phyllum thalictroides. 
L. vesicaria (bladder-like). A form of L. Leontopetalum. 
LEONTODON. Apargia is synonymous with this 
genus. 
LEONTODON (of Adanson). A synonym of 
Taraxacum (which see). 
LEONTOGLOSSUM. A 
(which see). 
LEOPARDANTHUS. A synonym of Dipodium 
(which see). 
LEPACHYS. UL. coluwmnaris and L. pinnatifida are 
the correct names of Rudbeckia columnaris and R. pinnata. 
LEPANTHES. To the species described on p. 251, 
Vol. IL., the following shonld be added: 
L. gracilis (slender). #. 4in. long; sepals bright yellow; 
petals deep yellow, usually with a maroon-purple border on the 
inner side; lip yellow; column dull purple; raceme lin. to 
lin. Jong. 1. elliptic, mucronate, Zin. to 1jin. long. Stems 
slender, 1sin. to 2in. long. Origin unknown; grown at Kew. 
pe eee A synonym of Eleagnus (which 
see). 
LEPERIZA. Two species formerly referred here 
—L. eucrosioides and L. latifolia—ave now classed under 
Stricklandia and Urceolina respectively (which see). 
LEPICEPHALUS. A synonym of Cephalaria 
(which see). 
synonym of Delima 
LEPIDANCHE. A synonym of Cuscuta (which 
see). 
Scares aa A synonym of Microseris (which 
see). 
LEPIDOPELMA. A synonym of Sarcococca 
(which see). 
LEPIDOSTEMON PENTSTEMONOIDES. A 
synonym of Pentstemon antirrhinoides (which see). 
LEPIDOTE. Scaly or seurfy. 
LEPIDOTHAMNUS. A synonym of Dacrydium 
(which see). > 
LEPIDOZAMIA. Included under 
(which see). 
LEPIRONIA (in part). 
(which see). 
LEPTACTINA (from leptos, slender, and aktin, a 
ray ; in allusion to the circle of narrow lobes in the limb 
of the corolla). Sometimes spelt Leptactinia. Orv. 
Rubiacee. A genus comprising four species of stove 
shrubs, natives of tropical Africa. Flowers conspicuous, 
fascicled at the tips of the branchlets, sessile or shortly 
pedicellate; calyx five-parted; corolla tube elongated, 
silky, the limb of five spreading, narrow-oblong or lanceo- 
late lobes; stamens five ; fascicles sessile or pedunculate. 
Leaves opposite, rather large, shortly petiolate, elliptic, 
oboyate-oblong, or lanceolate, membranous ; stipules ample, 
connate at base. Branchlets terete. The following are the 
only species in cultivation. They thrive in well-drained, 
fibrous loam, and may be increased by cuttings. 
L. Mannii (Mann's). i. white, fragrant, disposed in terminal, 
dense, sessile cymes; corolla 4in. long, with five spreading 
lobes 24in. long. J. oblong, obtuse or shortly acuminate, 
cuneate at base, sub-sessile, 3in. to 8in. long, l4in. to 34in. 
broad, the margins’ reflexed. hk. 6ft. to 12ft. Upper Guinea, 
1893. A nearly glabrous shrub, of Randia-like habit. (B. M. 
7367.) 
L. tetraloba (four-lobed).* 7. solitary, sessile, terminal; calyx 
4in. long; corolla white, minutely papillose outside, the tube 
ljin. long, the lobes jin. long, with alternating coronal 
appendages one line long. J. 24in. to 7in. long, jin. to 1fin. 
broad, oblanceolate, cuneately narrowed to the rather acute 
base; petioles two to nine lines long. Usagara Mountains, 1885. 
A neat little, bushy shrub. 
Macrozamia 
Synonymous with Mapania 
